A couple of weeks back I read in Martín Varsavsky's blog about Blyk, a mobile operator targeted to teens that is wholly funded by advertising. Interestingly enough, some former Nokia employees are in tops spots at the venture, such as Pekka Ala-Pietilä.
They're starting out in the UK, but will move over to other European markets soon. This is surely a development worth follow-up.
I have been here for almost three weeks, and won't move back to Blogger. However, there are a couple of thinks that I really don't like about Vox:
I think this sums up in one phrase: not all my readers use Vox! And instead of making it easier for me to interact with them, I'm inside this walled garden and they are out. Not unlike some telco services I know of…
However, I still stand by my decision, as video/mobile posting and design in general are easy to use. The fact I can have private posts is also a plus, and those people have already joined. However, I'm still annoyed. I sent feedback to the Vox team, but I don't know if they listened. Ugghh…
Tell us about an event that changed your life forever.
Submitted by Miss Scotch.
I've discussed this before in this post. Had I not dug from the discarded pile a business magazine where there was an interview with a person that was a friend of my dad, this person wouldn't have suggested to me some years later to go to study to Finland, so I wouldn't have landed the job I held for some years, I wouldn't have met a lot of people who are important for me and most importantly, I wouldn't have met my soon-to-be wife.
This city is so unashamedly multicultural that you can very easily travel from "Portugal" to "Turkey" to "Poland" to "Congo" by just walking a couple of blocks. Some people complain that this city has no soul: I'd say it has many.
Como cualquier persona que creció en México, la Semana Santa no es igual si no te ponen películas referentes a la fecha, especialmente clásicos como Quo Vadis? o Ben-Hur.
Como en Finlandia eso realmente no lo hacen, ya estaba bastante desacostumbrado, pero pueden imaginarse mi sorpresa cuando veo el Viernes Santo que en ZDF, un canal alemán que me llega por cable, estaban pasando Ben-Hur. Aunque mi alemán está un poco oxidado, me puse a ver la película y la verdad es que me acordé mucho de cuando estaba chico.
I have mentioned before that I believe Finland to be the closest thing to a geek paradise. The reason for it is very simple: given the high esteem Finnish society in general has of education, people are encouraged to be highly educated, which results on a certain level of geekness.
Even though individuals related to IT such as Linus Torvalds are probably the most famous, there are other aspects of geekiness where Finns excell. I could for example mention the Nuntii Latini, the renowned service of Latin-language news, or the fascination Finns have with Tolkien. There I have found out that there are not only computer geeks, but history geeks, role-playing geeks, music geeks, art geeks and even food geeks (also known as foodies), and not only are they not ridiculed, they are accepted.
This is one of the reasons why Finland is cool, and why it is thriving in the creative economy.
This is a post in the Belgian beer review series.
A beer witha very nice abmer colour and an interestingly soft fruity flavour. Easy on the palate and very enjoyable overall.
Omar Bravo scored within the first three minutes of the game and the match was over. Tigres tried to equalise but Chivas controlled posession and did nothing with it for most of the match.
We saw this movie yesterday. Unlike the previous Mr. Bean movie, where he destroyed everything available at a museum, this one was a much more enjoyable experience, with his trademark grimaces and very funny body language overall.
His opera rendition, and the last 5 minutes of the film are worth the price of the ticket.
In the return leg of the semifinals, Chivas got one step closer to reaching the World Club Cup in Japan by beating DC United, in a game where the team that made less mistakes won.
Furthermore, the stage is now set for the second consecutive year with an all-Mexican Final after Pachuca beat Houston Dynamo.
